Suburban Updates - All Other Metro Vancouver Municipalities - Page 263

jollyburger · #**5241** Posted **Aug 18, 2021, 9:21 PM**

Is this election related or not?

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Developer Wesgroup has received $349 million in low-cost loans from the federal government to construct rental housing, as part of CMHC’s Rental Construction Financing initiative (RCFi).

The funding will allow for the construction of 836 new rental units, targeted at middle-income families at the following locations:

100 Braid Street, New Westminster (Sapperton)
268 Nelson’s Court, New Westminster (Brewery District)
8690 Jack Uppal Street, Vancouver (River District)

https://www.urbanyvr.com/wesgroup-cmhc-rentals/

GenWhy? · #**5242** Posted **Aug 18, 2021, 9:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Is this election related or not?

https://www.urbanyvr.com/wesgroup-cmhc-rentals/

The 2016 election?

jollyburger · #**5243** Posted **Aug 18, 2021, 10:00 PM**

Just curious if it was just standard CHMC announcements that were happening or if it seemed to be a large influx of "announcements"

From Frances Bula

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CMHC has made a series of announcements about hundreds of millions of dollars in construction financing to private companies in the past month: $109-million to Concert Properties for a tower in Coquitlam, $349-million to Wesgroup Properties for three rental towers in southeast Vancouver, $48.6-million to Woodbridge Homes in Port Moody, and $88-million for a project that the Musqueam Band is building with Polygon Homes on the University of British Columbia endowment lands.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...fit-vancouver/

officedweller · #**5244** Posted **Aug 23, 2021, 10:47 PM**

The Oaks - West Coquitlam

From Strand Dev twitter Aug 11th:

https://twitter.com/Stranddev

jollyburger · #**5245** Posted **Sep 21, 2021, 3:48 AM**

Bunch of photos of Altus on the Quorum Group Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/quorumgroup/

officedweller · #**5246** Posted **Sep 25, 2021, 2:37 AM**

Morguard Proposing 2,175 Condo & Rental Units for Burquitlam Plaza Site

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The project includes 6 residential towers, of 53, 43, 33, 33, 29 & 29-storeys in height, with retail and office space. The proposal includes:

2,195 residential units (potentially all rental, or condo & rental);
84,626 sq ft of office & retail space;
a total density of 5.50 FAR;
a total density of 1.9 Million SF;
a one acre, at grade urban courtyard.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2021/09/2...am-plaza-site/

GMD · #**5247** Posted **Sep 25, 2021, 7:30 AM**

Morguard Proposing 2,175 Condo & Rental Units for Burquitlam Plaza Site

It is good to see this moving forward, Morguard seems to move slowly.

Proposal seems pretty generic at this stage, although certainly dense enough. Description says 1 acre courtyard, but it's not too clear from the pictures where that will sit and what it will look like.

It is good to see roads through the site to break it up and improve the road network - although I was surprised to see a second roadway curving through the south part of the site (connecting to Smith?). Having the mall site built up and roads pushed through will really move Burquitlam along in terms of transition from suburban to urban feel (the Safeway rebuild already helped a lot).

Unlike bigger centres such as Lougheed, Coquitlam Centre or Metrotown, the smaller neighbourhood size means a smaller mall site and fewer other surrounding giant parking lots, so it is a lot easier to make the transition.

SpongeG · #**5248** Posted **Sep 25, 2021, 9:23 PM**

it's like a mini version of Brentwood. I wonder how long till we something start.

Does the city try to space out permits so they don't all go at once? there are so many things going on right now in the immediate area, the YMCA and its two towers, a couple of smaller projects just next to and north of the YMCA, At least 4 projects along North Road, Jinju and another one across the street a block from North Road,, the park phase 2 is fully in the midst of work getting done, numerous townhouse developments a block or so east, and a few 6 story projects as well.` Not to mention the Smith & Farrow across the street and another tower proposal across from Burquitlam and the multiple towers proposed for the KFC site etc. Pretty busy area, traffic can be a nightmare and is going to get worse.

They have also added in a new plaza across from Burquitlam station where the presentation centre for Highpoint was, I believe it was an old automotive shop in the past, I forget, but its now a nice plaza with plants and seating. There is also a Coco bubble tea opening in the little plaza across from the Station. The old C-Lovers fish and chips became a tonkatsu place and the whole little plaza is doing quite well, many options to eat for the influx of people.

Klazu · #**5249** Posted **Sep 25, 2021, 11:34 PM**

I like the height variation and the tower placement. Crazy how quickly Burquitlam specifically is changing, as it is just a random SkyTrain station with nothing special about it. It's not a hub of any kind.

SpongeG · #**5250** Posted **Sep 26, 2021, 6:17 AM**

it's always been a shopping place for the area, and Coquitlam is developing because in all of Coquitlam its quite desired, its got great freeway access and cuts about 20 or more minutes on a commute to Vancouver compared to Coquitlam Centre, Burnaby isn't doing anything in the area, they are doing Lougheed only. So one side of north road will be houses and the other side highrises.

officedweller · #**5251** Posted **Sep 27, 2021, 10:49 PM**

Daily Hive posted a Burquitlam Plaza site plan:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burq...itlam-morguard

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Commercial space components are also included in both phases, with 33,641 sq ft of retail and restaurant spaces in the north side, and about 51,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, and office space in the north side. A childcare facility is contemplated for a portion of this commercial space calculation.

Both phases would provide 68,000 sq ft of total commercial space, exceeding the retail area of the existing strip mall.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burq...itlam-morguard

GMD · #**5252** Posted **Oct 8, 2021, 5:34 AM**

The only notable thing about this Oakdale/Burquitlam application is that it is being built in what was not long ago a single family home only neighbourhood - don't see that too often in Metro.

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-ne...urhood-4492933

5 houses will be knocked down and replaced with 349 units, 246 in a 29 story condo and 103 in a 6 story wood-frame.

Really makes you appreciate the untapped development potential of the 60% of Metro Vancouver residential land that is devoted to single family houses only.

officedweller · #**5253** Posted **Oct 22, 2021, 11:46 PM**

Polygon Proposing 8 Towers, 2,600 Units for Former Coquitlam School Site

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The site is directly East of another major master plan community in the works by Wesgroup, at Coronation Park on the Port Moody side. The site is about 350 metres from Inlet Centre Station.

Polygon’s preliminary proposal for the site includes eight towers in a multi-phased and predominantly residential development. Details of the overall plan include:

Up to 8 project phases;

6 condo towers and 2 market rental towers ranging from approx. 30-50 storeys in height;
2,558 total residential units;
1,968 condos;
590 rental units including 98 units below market;
a total density of 5.22 FAR;
a one acre public park in the Northwest corner of the site;
a new north/south road that connects Barnet Highway to Palmer Avenue;
3,600 sq ft of retail space in Phase 1;
a 24,000 sq. ft. standalone amenity building;
a 6,000 sq. ft. childcare facility (capacity for approximately 37 children) in Phase 4.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2021/10/2...m-school-site/

Klazu · #**5254** Posted **Oct 23, 2021, 4:06 AM**

That project would be a major step towards Coquitlam Centre and Port Moody skylines merging. Scale of some projects as of recent in Coquitlam has been crazy. And they are all riding on the SkyTrain capacity being sufficient into the future, as roads won't see any expansions with these projects.

vanman · #**5255** Posted **Oct 23, 2021, 7:08 PM**

Looks like 2 single family properties did not want anything to do with the land assembly on their block and will now be our own version of "nail houses".

vanman · #**5256** Posted **Oct 23, 2021, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

That project would be a major step towards Coquitlam Centre and Port Moody skylines merging. Scale of some projects as of recent in Coquitlam has been crazy. And they are all riding on the SkyTrain capacity being sufficient into the future, as roads won't see any expansions with these projects.

Good thing the Evergreen Line was built with increased capacity in mind. Stations are large and underutilised for the most part currently. They will of course have to increase the length of trains/ frequency in the near future. The Canada Line on the other hand......

invisibleairwaves · #**5257** Posted **Oct 23, 2021, 9:23 PM**

The M-line is still running 2-car trains and Inlet Centre station is one of the most underutilized on the entire network so I wouldn't worry about capacity.

That said, I don't love this one- looks like a pretty dated towers-in-the-park proposal. All single-use buildings plus a little bit of retail hidden away from the rest of the city. Not sure what they expect the open space on the southeast side is going to be used for.

SpongeG · #**5258** Posted **Oct 23, 2021, 9:38 PM**

maybe a buffer between the car dealers and retail? It's an awkward location, tucked away from Barnet.

jollyburger · #**5259** Posted **Oct 24, 2021, 7:24 PM**

Seems like a few cranes are up for the Royal Columbian hospital project:

https://www.facebook.com/NorLandLimi...69689623556968

SpongeG · #**5260** Posted **Oct 27, 2021, 10:26 AM**

A few recent Coquitlam Applications. Not listing but a lot of the lots around these towers in this area have applications for 6 storey apartments, rentals and or strata. A big change from it being a SFH quiet neighbourhood.

820/826 Dogwood St, 615/633 Lea Ave Coquitlam - up near the Oaks in a block or so from Clarke and north of Como Lake

Proposal: To construct a 12-storey tower and a 6-storey mid-rise with a total of 186 market rental units and 24 below-market rental units.
Associated Applications: OCP Amendment Application from Medium Density Apartment Residential to High Density Apartment Residential, Rezoning from RT-1 and RT-3 to RM-4, Conventional Subdivision, and Non-Delegated Development Permit for form and character

Also in Burquitlam - 520 Young Dr, I cannot find this address on google maps.

Project Proposal: to construct one 28-storey tower with 225 market units and one 6-storey apartment with 71 rental units. Application associated with proposal: Non-delegated Development Permit Subdivision for site configuration

1015 Austin Ave, this one would replace the mostly medical offices such as lifelabs etc.

Project Proposal: To construct a mixed use building with 193 rental units for seniors, including 19 affordable units, and 286 sq. m. (3,078 sq. ft.) of commercial floor area. Applications associated with proposal: Rezoning 1 lot from C-2 to a Comprehensive Development (CD) zone (based on the C-5 zone). Development permit for form and character Subdivision for lot configuration

More for Burquitlam

631, 633, 635, 637 Elmwood Street
Project Proposal: To construct one 5-storey rental building and one 22- storey market condominium tower with a combined total of 209 units.
Application associated with proposal: Pre-Application.

606, 612, 616 Kemsley Ave, 605, 609 Westley Ave, 639 Elmwood St
Proposal: To build a 6-storey apartment for rental and below-market rental; and, to construct a strata condominium apartment building that is 27 storeys with a 3 storey podium. Associated Applications: PreApplication